New Year's Evehttp://news.stlpublicradio.org
enFirst Night Welcomes The New Year With A Banghttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/first-night-welcomes-new-year-bang
<p>Wednesday's <a href="http://www.grandcenter.org/directory/festivals-events/first-night/" target="_top">First Night celebration in Grand Center</a> is the official end of St. Louis' yearlong 250th anniversary celebration, and will showcase St. Louis arts and artists.&nbsp;</p>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:33:48 +0000Erica Smith42118 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgFirst Night Welcomes The New Year With A BangStill up in the air: Sunset Hills, a year after the tornadohttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/still-air-sunset-hills-year-after-tornado
<p><a href="http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998063.mp3">http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-998063.mp3</a></p><p>One year ago tomorrow a rare winter tornado tore through the St. Louis County suburb of Sunset Hills. Since then residents who could repair their homes have moved on, but as St. Louis Public Radio&rsquo;s Joseph Leahy reports, those who lost everything are still battling city hall for the future of the neighborhood.</p><p>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:35:33 +0000Joseph Leahy2743 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgStill up in the air: Sunset Hills, a year after the tornadoLewis Place finally receiving state aidhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/lewis-place-finally-receiving-state-aid
<p>Nearly a year after a <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/storm-tornadoes-leave-damage-scattered-over-st-louis-area/article_33cc4f6c-14e4-11e0-8e19-0017a4a78c22.html">tornado damaged 91 homes in the area</a>, residents of the Lewis Place neighborhood in north St. Louis are getting some help from the state of Missouri.</p><p>The Board of Aldermen on Friday voted to accept $500,000 in state disaster assistance. The city&#39;s required $500,000 match came from community development funds. Mayor Francis Slay will sign the measure as soon as he can.</p>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:22:22 +0000Rachel Lippmann2648 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgLewis Place finally receiving state aidMo. gets $5M disaster-recovery grant from FEMAhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mo-gets-5m-disaster-recovery-grant-fema
<p>Missouri is getting more than $5 million from the federal government to help in the long-term recovery for people hit by tornadoes and flooding.</p><p>The grant announced Wednesday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be available to help people hit by tornadoes in the<a href="http://www.news.stlpublicradio.org/term/joplin-tornado"> Joplin</a> and <a href="http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/fema-survey-damage-new-years-eve-tornadoes">St. Louis</a> areas, as well as flooding along the Mississippi River and in southern Missouri.</p>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:50:12 +0000The Associated Press2630 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgMo. gets $5M disaster-recovery grant from FEMAPresentation designed to help tornado victims avoid scamshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/presentation-designed-help-tornado-victims-avoid-scams
<p>When a natural disaster hits, the devastation left behind isn't always limited to destroyed property and emotional distress.</p><p>Another element -- fraud -- is sometimes an unwanted companion to the recovery process.</p>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:45:24 +0000Kelsey Proud378 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgPresentation designed to help tornado victims avoid scamsNixon asks for federal disaster declaration for New Year's Eve tornadoeshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/nixon-asks-federal-disaster-declaration-new-years-eve-tornadoes
<p>Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the president to issue a disaster declaration for <a href="http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/fema-survey-damage-new-years-eve-tornadoes">areas hit by tornadoes and severe storms on Dec. 31</a>.</p><p>Nixon on Friday requested federal individual assistance for people living in Carter, Christian, Dent, Franklin, Phelps, Polk, St. Louis, Stone and Webster counties as well as the city of St. Louis.</p><p>Five Missouri residents were killed by the severe weather.</p>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:01:15 +0000Kelsey Proud & The Associated Press330 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgNixon asks for federal disaster declaration for New Year's Eve tornadoesFenton woman injured in New Year's tornado dieshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/fenton-woman-injured-new-years-tornado-dies
<p>A Fenton woman injured in the tornadoes that ripped through St. Louis on New Year's Eve has died.</p><p>From the <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_565f2104-1db7-11e0-b9b8-0017a4a78c22.html">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Margaret Birkes, 70, of Fenton died Monday morning at St. Anthony's Medical Center, a spokeswoman there said. According to relatives, Birkes was either going to or leaving a Dierbergs store at Fenton Crossing when the storm struck.</p><p>She was badly injured and taken to St. Anthony's.</p>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:32 +0000Rachel Lippmann305 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgFenton woman injured in New Year's tornado diesOne MO highway death over New Year'shttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/one-mo-highway-death-over-new-years
<p>Five people died in the same time period last year.</p> Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:10:02 +0000Rachel Lippmann229 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgOne MO highway death over New Year'sFEMA to survey damage from New Year's Eve tornadoeshttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/fema-survey-damage-new-years-eve-tornadoes
<p>Beginning Tuesday, officials with the <a href="http://www.fema.gov/">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> will survey damage from the New Year's Eve tornadoes that demolished homes and businesses across the state.</p><p>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:47:55 +0000Julie Bierach228 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgFEMA to survey damage from New Year's Eve tornadoes